Content Acquisition Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Identify and cultivate unique content concepts that align with journal and portfolio goals.

• Collaborate with Editors-in-Chief, Guest Editors, Publishers, and internal teams to create special issues and related content initiatives.

• Leverage data and research insights to pinpoint emerging topics, prospective contributors, Guest Editors, and opportunities.

• Establish and nurture relationships with researchers, editors, and internal stakeholders across various subject areas.

• Oversee multiple content acquisition projects, monitoring activities and progress.

• Enhance journal visibility through researcher engagement, conferences, webinars, virtual events, and outreach efforts.

• Ensure quality, meticulousness, and responsiveness throughout content acquisition workflows.

• Collaborate on team initiatives to boost efficiency, scalability, and operational methodologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience engaging with the research community and/or in STM publishing, scholarly publishing, content acquisition, commissioning, or editorial settings.

• Strong research credibility or relevant background in publishing/content acquisition.

• Excellent communication skills to foster trust and engage both internal and external stakeholders.

• Outstanding organizational abilities with a capacity to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and projects effectively.

• Interest in scholarly publishing, research communication, and journal development.

• Analytical mindset with confidence in utilizing data for informed decision-making.

• Keen attention to detail coupled with a proactive and collaborative approach.

• Proficient in spoken and written English.

• Willingness to travel as necessary, especially for conferences, workshops, or researcher engagement.

• Preferred: experience with special issues, article collections, commissioning activities, or content acquisition.

• Preferred: familiarity with working alongside Editors-in-Chief, Guest Editors, authors, reviewers, or research communities.

• Preferred: knowledge of bibliometric data, journal performance metrics, Excel, Power BI, VOSviewer, Scopus, Dimensions, or similar tools.

• Preferred: experience in supporting webinars, conferences, researcher outreach, or community engagement.

• PhD, MSc, or an equivalent higher degree is preferred but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Meeting-free Friday afternoons dedicated to focused work and professional development.

• A diverse array of employee programs that support community, learning, and personal growth.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Competitive salary.

• Opportunities for continual learning and internal mobility.

• Support for health and wellness.

• Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.